Hand luggage



May 21, 1935.

GL H. WHEARY HAND LUGGAGE Filed July 5, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 590mg MUN/"y W/wzj/ Patented May 21, 1935 v d HAND LUGGAGE George Henry Wheary, Racine, Wis., assignorto modes so` far devisedfor the practical applica- 4 tion of the principles thereof, and in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of a piece of l Wheary Trunk Company, poration of Wisconsin Racine, W is a cor- Application July 5, 1934,` Serial No. 733,823

6 Claims. (Cl. 190-41) This invention relates to improvements in hand luggage and has as an object to provide an inexpensive and exceptionally light piece of luggage having substantial capacity for carrying various articles'of Wear and other personal eifectsbesides means for carrying garments such as mens suits, and ladies dresses in neatly folded arrangement.

i `Like .the `copending application of George `Henry Wheary, Serial No, 733,822, led July 5, 1934, this invention differs from past hand lug- `gage primarily in the fact that mens suits and ladies dresses are so carried that they are partially Within the box and partially on the outside thereof; andA it is a particular object of this invention to `provide luggage in which one Wall,

namely the one covering the portions of the garments disposed on the outside of the box, is flexible. i

' More specifically, it is an object of this inventionto provide hand luggage of thecharacter described, wherein a solid Walled box of substantial capacity'is provided for carrying small pieces of clothing and other personal effects, and wheref inmens suits or ladies Vdresses are mounted on.

garment'hanger means disposed on the outside surface of the box cover to be held in place by a flexible yielding flap or apron which forms one outer side wall of the luggage.

With the above and other objects in View which .will appear as the description proceeds, this invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter described and more particularly defined by the appended claims, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment ofthe herein disclosedinvention may be made as come within the scope ofthe claims.

The accompanying drawings illustrate two 'complete examples of'the physical embodiment lof the invention constructed according to the best luggage embodying this invention;

Figure 2 is a crosssection view taken through Figllle 1 on the plane of the line 2 2;

Figure Sis a perspective view `of the luggage open, showing 'the internal construction; and

; Figure 4 is aside elevation of a modified em- "bodiment of the invention.`l

composed of a bottom wall 6, end walls l, a top wall 8, and a side Wall 9. Ihe open opposite side of the box is closed by a cover I0 hinged to the bottom Wall as at II.

` For a purpose ,to be hereinafter described, the

`outer free edge of the cover terminates short of the top wall 8jand has a rounded molding I2 or other suitable non-creasing garment support attached thereto.

`Detachably mounted on thexouter face of the cover I0, adjacent its hinged edge, is a garment `hanger means I3, which in theembodiment illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 inclusive, is of the conventional mens coat hangertype to carry mens suits'an'dV in the embodiment shown in Figure 4,

ofthat type moreparticularly adapted to the carrying o-f ladies dresses. This is the only distinction between the two` modifications illustrated. Garments draped on the hanger means I3 extendout across Vtheouter face `of the cover I0 within the box and partially outside the box,

with the space left `between the outer free edge of the cover andthe adjacent top wall of the box accommodating the portions of the garments folded over the edge ofthe cover.v

Tocover the portions of the garments on the exterior of the box, 'aexible apron I5 is permanently hingedly attached to the box adjacent the hinged edge of the cover as at I 6. Preferably, -1

the flexible apron I5 is composed of the same material which forms the outer covering I'I for the box, the outer covering, of course, being glued and permanently secured to the walls of the box, as is customary.` i

The free'edges of the apron I5 are secured to the adjacent walls of the box by continuous interlocking fastening means I8 having one part sewed to said edges' of the apron and its complementary part sewed to the'covering Il and extending beyond the actual Walls of the box as clearly shown in Figures 2 and 3.- v

The conventional sliders (notshovvn) for interlocking the fastening means I8 are located at the top of the luggage when the interlocking fastening means have been engaged, where they are covered by a flap I9 sewed to the apron and extending across the top wall 8.

To hold the flap I9 down in its closed position, a lock is provided, one section 20 of which is carried by the flap and the other section 2l being secured to the top wall as shown. The lock may be of any desired construction or. may be of the type shown and described in the copending application of George Henry Wheary, Serial No. 725,448, filed May 14, 1934.

To afford means for carrying the luggagepav handle 22 is fastened to the top wall 8, as shown, and inasmuch as the rounded edge L2` of the cover It), over which the garments, are folded, is uppermost in the normal carrying position,` it follows that there will be no tendencyon the part of the garments to shift from theirproper positions.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be readily apparent to those skilledini the art tol which. this` invention appertains, that. novel means for carrying mens suits and ladies dresses are provided and that an extremely light weight construction is obtained andi added convenience in packing and unpacking results.

What I claim as my inventionis.:l

1. Hand luggage of the character described, comprising a solid walled box having one open vside and a hinged cover disposed: over said open side, means on said cover to carry garments in .neatly folded arrangement with part of the. garments on the outside of. thecover, a flexible apron to close the open side. of the box. and hold the portions ofthe garments on the exteriorv of the box cover flat against the cover, an outer surfacing of material similar to that of which the. apron is made permanently fixed to the. walls of the box, means permanently attaching one edge of the apron to the. box,- and continuous 'interlocking fastening means. to secure the remaining edges of the flexible apron to the box said interlocking fasteningv means comprising; two cooperating parts one of' which is permanently fixed. to

said remaining edges of the apron and the other of which ispermanently xedto the outer surface ing adjacent the periphery of the open side'. v

2. Hand luggage ofthe character described, comprising a'solid walled box of substantialcapacity and having a hinged cover, means on said cover to carry garments in neatly folded arrangement vvitlr part of` the garments disposed across the outside of the cover, a flexible apron permanently connected to thebox adjacent the hinged edge ofthe cover and arrangedvr to -t over the garments on the outside of the lcover to hold the same in place, and. continuous interlocking fastening means to secure the free edges of the apron to the box, said fastening means having a part permanently mounted onthe box and another part fixed to the apron.

3. Hand luggage of the character described, comprising a light weight solid Walled box of substantial capacity, means on an outer wall of the box to carry garments in neatly folded arrangement with portions of the garments extending aeross said outer wall rof the box, a flexible apron adapted to t over the garments on the outside of the box and to form an outer wall of the luggage, means to permanently secure one edge of the apron to the boxv and continuous interlocking fastening means to securev the remaining edges of the apron to the box, said interlocking fastening means comprising two cooperating sections adapted to be interlocked, one of said sections being permanently mounted on the box and the other being permanently mounted on the apron.

4. Hand luggage of the character described, comprising a light weight solid walled box having a hinged cover, garment hanger' means attached to the exterior of the cover adjacent its hinged edge and adapted to have garments draped thereon, the outer free edge of the cover being adapted to have such garments folded thereover so that the garments are partially within the box and partially on the exterior of the cover, a flexible apron permanently connected to the box adjacent the hinged edge of the cover and arranged to fit over the cover across the portions of the garments on its exterior and to provide an outer wall of the luggage, and continuous interlocking fastening means. mounted on the side walls of the box: and the free edges of the apron for connecting the free edges of the apron to the box.

5. Hand luggage. of the character described,

comprising a light weight solid walled. box having a hinged cover with its free edge spaced from the: adjacent wall of the box to provide a space therebetween, garment hanger means. on the exterior of the cover adjacent its hinged edge adapted tohave garments draped thereover to extend across the outer face of the cover and be `folded overv the outer free edge thereof to be partially received within the box, the portions of the garments folded over the outer free edge of the cover being accommodated by the space between on said side walls of the box and the free edges of the flexible apron to readily detachably hold the apron closed over the box cover and form-ing an outer vvall of the luggage.

6'. Hand luggage of the character described,

comprising a solid walled box having a hinged cover, garment hanger means on the outer face of the Vcover adjacent its hinged edge adapted to receive garments in position to be folded over the outer free edge of the cover, whereby said garments are partially on the outside of the coverand partially within the box, a flexible apron permanently fixed tothe box adjacent the hinged edge of the cover, and of a size to fit snugly across the hinged cover to hold garments thereon against shifting and to form an outer wall.

of the luggage, continuous interlocking fastening means mounted on the free edges of the apron and the adjacent side walls of the box to hold the apron in its closed position over the box cover,

said interlocking fastening mea-ns including sliders movable along the fastening means to open and close the same and adapted toY come to rest at a predetermined point whenA the apron is secured in its closed position, a flap carried by the flexible apron to extend over the sliders, and lock means on the said flap and the adjacent wall of the box to secure the nap tothe box.

GEORGE HENRY WHEARY. 

